Handcrafted for the Holidays: Glitter Pinecone Ornaments

Our handcrafted tradition begins with a cold-weather scavenger hunt! We search for things like pinecones and fallen branches to bring home and make into ornaments. It’s a fun way to stay in touch with nature during a season where we mostly stay indoors.

On this particular day we came across a gaggle of geese, some squirrels taking food back to their home, and a bunny near a slow-moving brook. After staying and playing at the park a little, we took our findings home (the fallen branches and pinecones, not the animals!) and made some pretty ornaments for our Christmas tree.

If you don’t have access to pinecones in nature, you can purchase some at your local craft store. After we gathered some, we took them home to hang them on the tree!